Gift and specialty shop in Niagara-on-the-Lake [ON Canada]…read more I found plenty of affordable, cute items here to gift back home. It was a good thing they were decently priced because as I started to count my fingers on how many family members and co-workers I wanted to buy gifts for they started to add up quickly. When I try to turn up... my wallet says hold up! LoL! They had the most amazing selection of fudge, so many flavors including the Ice Wine fudge... I did not buy any, I was afraid of my sugar skyrocketing. but, wait! they have more than just fudge. They sold Maple products too from pure maple syrup to maple cookies to maple flavored coffee and more! Purchased a few of those maple syrup in the maple-shaped glass containers. So cute! Btw, their homemade fudge are made in copper kettles, the old fashioned way. The ambiance was the aroma of fresh fudge. I tried the ice wine chocolate and bought a bar. Ice wine is a dessert wine made from grapes frozen on the vine. Really good! It was fun looking around this shop. Great service! The fragile items I purchased were wrapped individually very carefully. If I ever return to Toronto I'll be making my first stop here and the store next to it (or was it two doors down?). Review #3054

My Toronto friends insisted on visiting this store, saying they have the best fudge ever, and there…read moreare always samples available. Did someone say samples? lol So in we went. The samples were tiny but divine. Of COURSE we had to buy some fudge! (This is a VERY DANGEROUS store). I chose half a slab of the maple fudge and half a slab of the cookies and cream fudge. Both were amazing but the maple was really phenomenal. I also got some large caramel blocks, half of which were enrobed in dark chocolate, and the other half in milk chocolate. (I gave these as gifts but was told they were fabulous). In addition to the many, many flavors of fudge that they make in-house daily, they also have lots of other sweet treats: jars and jars of gummies and penny candies and chocolate raisons or nuts, hard candy sticks in all sorts of flavors and colors, hard candies in decorative tins, licorice and All-Sorts, etc. I felt like a kid in a candy store here. Literally. And I loved it!

Mediocre over priced ice cream. The single scoop is the size of a kids scoop at any other creamery…read moreand they charge $6.50 plus tax for one tiny scoop. The flavours were just ok! Lots of better options around.

An Ice Cream truck?!…read more A gourmet ice cream and sorbet made in St Catharines with the best ingredients with no preservatives and additives! Hometown Ice Cream Truck can be seen at various farmer markets and events in the area during the warm summer months. Fresh Ginger and Carrot Cake are so yummy. Grapefruit Champagne Sorbet a little too tart for me.. I guess I love my ice cream sweet.. If you not sure about which flavour you like, just ask for a free sample.... $5 for a single scoop which is big enough to make anyone happy!

While staying in nearby Niagara Falls, we decided to explore and stopped here for breakfast and a…read morebit of shopping. They have plenty of fresh pastries, but since I am gluten-free, I went with a smoothie, which was good. Afterwards, we wandered around the store and picked out a few treats for our trip. The Prana chocolate covered sesame bites were our favorite. There are plenty of European/global items to choose from. Service was friendly, and the store was clean and bright. We'd definitely stop here again when in the area.

Looks can be deceiving…read more Fake smiles from staff Food is not always fresh Bathroom is always dirty High prices

Gouda cheese and the innovation on cheese is fantastic. I tried some of the most unique flavours…read morethere. I love how iti s family owned and the passion they carry for curated cheese and customers! They want you to really try and like without any push. Got 4 cheeses when I had no particular plan buy. They make you feel welcome and excited about the cheeses !

Love this little cheese shop, a block off the main thoroughfare of Niagara-On-The-Lake! This was…read moreour second time stopping in and our first time eating there. We loved perusing all the specialty cheeses and chatting with the employees. We ordered the classic grilled cheese with the house blend of 7 cheeses ( 7 CHEESES!) and it was glorious. We also had some specialty sodas and ate at the bar so we could converse and listen to all the folks checking out different cheeses. Everyone there is so knowledgeable and excited to share what they know. We will come back next time we are in town, and would love to have them help us curate a charcuterie board!

We came here for the baked goods because I'm always on the hunt for cakes, cookies and pastries!…read more They had a great frozen food selection and if I didn't live so far, I would've bought a bunch. Maybe next time, when I can bring a cooler! We ended up getting a milk chocolate chip cookie, cream cheese cookie, plain butter tart, pecan butter tart and a cheesecake cookie dough bar. The cream cheese cookie was by far my favourite thing we got. So much so, I'm currently looking up recipes on how to make cream cheese cookies lol. The butter tart was delicious but omg sooo sweet. I really should not have ate the whole thing at once because it was a little much lol. Note, only eat half in a day lol. I wasn't a fan of the cheesecake cookie bar. I love cheesecake but I didn't love the blend with the cookie. I'm sure someone else would like this but it wasn't to my tastebuds' liking. Finally, the milk chocolate chip cookie was perfect. Warmed up for 10 seconds made it even better. Has a bit of a crunch on the outside with an ooey gooey chewy centre. A perfect cookie. All items cost around $20, which I think is fair as we got 5 items. The woman helping us was extremely kind and friendly, which took this review to 5 stars. She was so sweet. I'll be sure to stop by again when I'm around NOTL again.

Came here looking for local ice cream, but only to be disappointed with it being it within a…read moreroadside farmer's market type place. This place was PRICEY! It was $1/ear of corn, so comparable to a suburban farmer's market. A scoop of ice cream was $6/7! And of course, the less expensive option, soft serve machine was broken. :( I suspect this place is more of a tourist trap than a place frequented by locals.

Even if Aunt Jemima hadn't been cancelled a few years ago, I'd probably be officially switching to…read morereal maple syrup after this excursion. One of my cousins has a bit of an obsession with natural sweeteners and scheduled a trip to White Meadows for us last weekend. It was a bit of a drive from our Finger Lakes Airbnb that involved a literal border crossing, but honestly was worth the trek. I wasn't sure what to expect beyond a deluge of maple leaf signs/flags, but I definitely left with an appreciation of the insane amount of work required to make this without using mass-produced corn syrup. We'd scheduled a tour, subsequent syrup tasting and charcuterie board for a 1:30pm start time. Not knowing what drama we might encounter at the border (there was absolutely none - deliciously uneventful; this isn't the border anyone gets particularly riled up about), we got here super early and had ample time to look around the gift shop. I barely considered the implications of the tariffs and didn't bother buying any maple syrup - understandably when I went to the farm's website later, it indicated they're not shipping to the US right now. That decision will haunt me for weeks and maybe months to come. Our guide was Nathan, who was an absolute superstar. I can't recommend this guy highly enough. He was engaging and knew how to talk about the science and concepts behind maple syrup and its cultivation on the farm in a way that was easily digestible but also very in-depth and informative. We were in a pretty inquisitive group, and he fielded a myriad of questions ably; I also liked that once or twice, he didn't know the answer and just said that - sadly a rarity in this day and age. But that didn't happen very often; Nathan knows maple syrup. The tour consists of a 10 to 15-minute discussion in one of the prep rooms near the gift shop (where most of the equipment and technical terminology is broken down), followed by a 10-minute tractor ride to the woods on the other side of the property to the tree-tapping area where the majority of the tour takes place, followed by a ride back to the starting point and a five-minute tasting of the four syrups made on the farm. One piece of constructive feedback - there were several young children there who were honestly a bit of a distraction. This is probably school age kid friendly but there were some very antsy toddlers (and even an infant) who just weren't old enough for this. I'd put a disclaimer up on the website that this isn't really appropriate for pups that young so the parents know ahead of time not to bother booking it. It is really wild seeing how much goes into creating maple syrup on a mom-and-pop farm like this. The intricate weaving of the taps/tubes throughout the forest leading to a storage tank out of site, and seeing how aggressive you have to be to take advantage of the very narrow window that sap can be harvested? Had no idea. If nothing else, you'll definitely come away from this being blown away by the syrup trade and the immense work required. You just never think about this stuff when you're at the diner pouring (not real) syrup onto your pancakes. The tasting and charcuterie were really good too - if you're already here, I'd spring for the charcuterie so you can sample the syrups and assorted meats/cheeses on a grander scale than just the tasting. The only annoying part were the yellowjackets constantly trying to get in on the fun (which I found out in Canada are more commonly referred to as wasps). I honestly have no idea how they can fix or alleviate that issue since by definition you're putting sweet/sugary stuff out on picnic tables, but might be worth troubleshooting down the line. Absolutely would recommend if you happen to be in the general Upstate NY area and have your passport handy. But make sure you actually buy the syrup there - I have no idea when I'm going to get a chance to sup on the Golden grade of syrup again.

Had such a great experience here! We got the full charcuterie experience and we it was so good. The…read morestaff was sooooo friendly and such a cute little farm. Would highly suggest

The decadent chocolate fudge was sweetly delicious but it cost almost ten dollars a slice. It is a…read morenice treat to have once in a while. They also had other chocolate dipped item made in house and other packaged chocolate and candy offerings also. Service was provided with a smile and friendly staff that were eager to help. It felt like a smallish section candy store with a. huge section where you can see them make the fudge in house. It is interesting to see it made. Bright lights and no loud music in store made it a very relaxing comfortable place to shop.

Love this candy place located right in Clifton shill where they make the treats right in front of…read moreyour eyes. Today they were making caramel covered apples with peanuts, a video is attached. They also sell regular red candy apples (my weakness), fudge, and slew of other items. What a selection! Full disclosure, I went back and bought one of their red candy apples (I could not resist the temptation!) and it was DEEE-LICIOUS!

Cash only! Little…read moremom and pop donut shop not too far away from the falls. Donuts were delicious and not too sweet. This is a good thing because you can try a few different flavors. The cinnamon twist donut was huge, but all the donuts are all a good size.

Must try place if you're at the falls if you're looking for some yummy donuts! Mom and pops shop…read moreand once they sell out, that is it! Very well known place around as everyone local says nothing but great things about it. We didn't try the famous wonton soup as it was just 9am, but will try it next time when we're back. The prices are great and they only take cash, so be prepared. We tried the French crueller, maple glaze, original glaze and toasted coconut. They were all our favorite as there wasn't any that we didn't like.